Pistol-holster.



Patented Mar. 4, 1919.

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CI ALDERSON.

PISTOL HOLSTER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV-29.1916.

Patented Mar. 4, 1919.

2 SHEETSSHEET 2- SWUZMQZ C HHRLES I LDERSON A UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

CHARLES ALnERsoiv, or OURAY, COLORADO.

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To all whom it may concern: V

Beit known. that I, CHARLES ALoERsoN, a citizen of the UnitedStates,--residing at Ouray, in the county of Ouray and State ofColorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPistol-Holsters, of which the following'is a specification, refer encebeing had to the accompanying draw-,

l his invention relates to pistol holsters and particularly to thosepistol holsters which are designed to be worn under the arm pit. w

One of theobjects of this invention is to provide a pistol holster soconstructed that it will retain a pistol within the holster by theresilience given to the material from which the holster is made. I Afurther object of the invention is the provision of a pistol'holster soconstructed that the pistol may be pulled horizontally from beneath thearm and another object is modified form "of my invention;

to construct the pistol holster of one piece of material such as rawhide, hard fiber,

leather, or thin sheet steel. I

A further object'is to provide-improved means for supporting the holsterin position beneath the arm pit. i 7 Other objects willappear in thecourse of the following description.

My inventlon is illustrated in panying drawings, wherein" Figure 1 is aside elevationof one form of'my pistol holster; I

Fig. 2' is a front elevation'thereof; Fig. 3 is 'a plan" view of theblank from which the holster is made; 4 'Fig. 4: is a side elevation ofthe jdCCOII-l- Fig. 5 is a front elevation thereof; Fig. 6 is. asectional ofFig.4;and.

Fig- 7 is a view illustratingthe manner .in which the holster issupported upon the body." I 7 Referring to Figs. 1, 2L and 3 itwill beseen that this holster consists of a blank, as illustrated in Fig.3,formed of "one piece of material. This material may be sheet steel orother suitable resilientmetal, raw hide or other relatively thickleather, ihard fiber or vulcanized rubber, in other words, any materialwhich may be bent and formed into shape and which will have when soformed a certain degree of resilience .suliicient to retain the pistolwithin theholster. The blank,

Specification of Letters Patent.

a slightly view on theline 66 Patented Mar. 4, 1919.

Application filed November 29, 1916. 7 Serial No. 134,157.

as illustrated, has a portion 10 which forms the inside or rear wall ofthe holster and a portlon l1 wh1ch forms the outside or front wall ofthe holster, theupper end of the portions 11 and 10 being-separated fromeach i other by means of an approximately V-' shaped slit'12, one edgeofwhich extends down vertically from the top edgeof the inside wall 10and the other edge of which extends outward and upward in a curve. Theouter edge of the portion 11 is cut away at its upper part as at 13 topermit the butt'of the pistol to project and is cut away adjacent itslower end as at 14. The extreme lower end of the portion 11 is so cut asto provide a-tab 15 separatedfrom the portion 11 by a V-shaped slit 16and from-the portion 10 by an approximately V-shaped slit 17.

I The blank illustrated in Fig. 3 is bent over upon itself so that theportion 11 lies approximately parallel to the portion 10. The

upper edge of the portion 11 is riveted to the portion 10 by means ofthe rivets 18 while the lower end of the portion 11 is held at its frontmargin to the portion 10 by means of the rivets 19. The-tab 15 is turnedinward at right angles to the wall 10 and is riveted along its margin tothe portion 10 by means of the rivets 20; The leather or other materialfrom which the portion 11 is formed is shaped in a general way, asillustrated best in Fig. 2, so that the forward edges-of theportions 10and 11 are relatively close togetherx By attaching the upper ends of theportion 11 tothe portion 10 by means of -the rivets"l8,-I hold the twowalls of the holster in approximately paral lel position so that apistol inserted within the holster with its muzzle within the pocketformed at the lower end of the holster will be retained firmly in placeand prevented from slipping out." The material of the character beforedescribed which is bent as descrlbed and connected at its upper ends bythe rivets 18, 19 and 20 will be resilient enough to gripv and hold inplace the revolver or pistol. The edges from a point above the uppermostrivet 19.nearly to the rivet 18 will spring apart as the revolver isdrawn, thus permittinv the revolver to be drawn outfrom'the ho sternearly-horizontally and inserted in the holster nearly horizontally,

holster While the upper end of the barrel, I

: this spring being so formed, as illustrated in Fig. 6, as to shape theholster toprovide a relatively wide circular portion 22 having r ativelvnarrow space 2-3 between the marginsof the walls 10and 11. The spring iscovered 'bya band of leather 24.- .wlnch is stitched to, the outer'wa-ll11 at its margins. but which is loose along the inner-walland fa tened tits ex r mit es to. this inner wall by. means of the rivets 2 5, asillustrated clearlyin Fig. 6. The spring is disposed at that portion ofthe holsterwhich embraces the barrel adjacent the butt or handleand in arevolver embraces that portion of thegun which carries the cylinder. Inboth forms of my invention the pistol is retained in place with utdanger of slipping out but, may be readily withdrawn ii-rein theholsterby a movement in a horizontal plane.

' For the. pu po of; suppert-ingthe holster I beneath the arm pit, asillustrated in. Fig. 7

I attach to. the wall 10 at its upper-end the strap2 i h i ad p d tosurround the shoulder and define. an arm he1e,;the ends. of

v e trap. e t nd ng d wnward in convergent relationand being rivetedorotherwise at.

tachedto the corners oi the. upper end of the. port on 10., This. strapis adapted o pass arou d. he shoulder of the left arm,, as. illustratedin Fig; 7, anditothissstrap is at:-. rashed n elastit hand 27 whichextends. acrossgthe ba k f; the wearer and thenv around ever theshoulder acressthe; front; of the arm; and underneath the armlpit: andback to the strap 26.. This is; the preferable.- way 015 supporting the.holster but: I.- do: not. Wish tobe limited to. this. manner oisupporting-it; litwi'llgbe seen thatthe elastic band .7 prevents: theholstertram swinging a und er ether: Words; prevents any shifting of;the strap. 26,. but at the same time; the holster is; held in such. a.position that-the revolverwill; not obstruct the free: movement of the;left arm.

The de-tailsof the holster Whichhasbeerr described are all designedtog-secure. a maxi,- mum e-fiectiveness for theholster'. The closingoithe upper end ot the holster by: the;

rivets 18- prevents; thepistol from! slipping out ofjthe top of theholster whenthe wearer stoops; rides, runs, fights or wrestles. It-wiil:be realized: that this is particularly-necessary in a holster intendedto be worn by officers of the law who may be called upon to do'any orall of these things in a fight. Again the ,lowerend of the elastic band27 is fastened to tlie strap 26 in such manner that the holster need notbe buttoned to theband of the trousers, thus permitting-the-holster tobe .readily removedor applied. By cutting out the material at the top ofthe holster, that is cutting away the material at18,.a1- lowance is-made for. the projection foil the butt or lhandleoftherpistol and thereis nothing to interfere witht'he hand grasping thehandle quickly It willbe seen-that by cutting out thebla'n-k to form the notch 12 in Fig. 3when the blank is-folded over and riveted to the part 10a'hooc'l isformed to fit over the hammer of the gun and which prevents, as beforestated, the gun from sli'ppingout atthe top and prevents the hammer fromrubbing a hole in the-lining of the coat and thus causing the hammer tocatch,

in the clothing. This also prevents dust, V

lint or perspiration from getting into the workingpartsof the gun. a Theshapeiof this hood forinedhy attaching the upper end of the portion 11to theupper end of the'portion 10, leaves. nothing to prevent thehammerof the. gun from coming o ut of the holster smoothly- The blank-is cutout at 14 to allow themuz' z le. of the gun to come out of. the holstereasily, and to be returned easily, and further so. as to prevent"anything rubbing against the sight of the gun as it is pulledout. Thisweuld be. bad for the sight and furthermore as the sights on gunsandsome pistols have sharp corners, these would be liable to cut into andhehindered hygthe material of the holster atzthispointz.

If the holster isjmade of relatively limp leather merely folding the.leather ever: and riveting it will not make. the holsterstiff enough.to..hold the gun-safely without a spring; .Whemhowever; the." holster ismade of relatively hard material which. is tivel' y shit, the spring isnotnecessa-ryq If, however, the holster, asbefore stated, is. made ofrelativelylimpleather withoutfthe hardness; and stifi'ne'ss incidentto-[the construction shown in Figs. 1 and;2',. then'a' spiingQl,v asillustrated 'in'Fi'gs. tand '6, must be; used: it is obvious that: thisit it was not cut out spring should be covered to protect it from"rusting and 'further to finish and holster more; ornamental.

Having described my invention, what'I claim is: T

A holster formed! ofi a; single piece ofimas render the terial bentlongii-udinally uponitself to i form: 1 2

an inner walliand an outer wall; the; inner wall? having approximatelyparallel. edges. for the greater portion of its length,i. the outer"wall. having its upper end approx'is mately conterminous-witli.theupper' edge or the inner Wall, said outer wall terminating short ofthe lower end of the inner wall, the middle of the outer wall having awidth approximately the same as the inner wall, the edge of the outerwall above said middle portion being upwardly and inwardly curved, theupper rear corner of the outer wallbeing attached to the inner wall, theedge of the outer wall below the middle portion 'being extended rearwardand downward, then forwardly, and then extended directly downward, thisportion of the edge of the outer wall being attached to the inner walland the outer wall being formed with a flap attached to the inner wallat right angles to the length of the holster to form the bottom of amuzzle pocket, the-median portion of the outer wall being deflectedtoward the inner wall and then outward, and a strip of resilient metalattached to the outer face of the inner wall extending around the backof the holster and then extending forward over the outer wall along themedian portion thereof and being operatively connected thereto.

In testimony whereof I hereunto alfix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

CHARLES ALDERSON.

Witnesses WM. Ro'rHMELL, .ARTHUR W. DUANE.

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